ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
A model is presented for a quantitative prediction of the transfer rates of momentum, heat and mass in turbulent pipe flow. In this so-called extended random surface renewal (ERSR) model, the tube wall is assumed to be covered by a mosaic of fluid elements of random age and laminar flow with unsteady profiles of axial velocity, temperature or concentration.Both the age distribution and the mean age of the fluid elements at the tube wall, predicted by the ERSR model, quantitatively agree with experimental results obtained from velocity signals measured with a laser-Doppler anemometer at 5·103≤Re≤43·103. The time-averaged radial profiles of the axial velocity, the temperature and the concentration in the wall region, and the heat- and mass-transfer coefficients derived with the ERSR model agree with empirical results presented in literature. Furthermore, the ERSR model provides a basis for explaining the Chilton-Colburn analogy.
Additional Material:
14 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690380304
